fic: a picnic planned for you and me (good omens)

[laurajv]

a picnic planned for you and me (6137 words) by Laura JV
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Gabriel (Good Omens), Uriel (Good Omens)
Summary:

in which there is some unexpected fallout from switching places.

Comments

[mecurtin]

I agree about Sandalphon & Gabriel, rigid masculinity goes along with their authoritarianism.

This is the second or maybe third "Rafael is both of them" fic I've seen, and in the others Rafael was "they". In the few Crowley-was-Raphael stories I've read, it's true that Rafael was always "he". b-o-r-i-n-g

So basically, it's just coincidence that none of the angels in this fic use "they". One of the wonderful things about the Good Omens Renaissance (and about the series) is how *easy* and natural it is to use different pronouns, how there's no strain to it.

[laurajv]

Essentially yes, it’s coincidental that none of them use “they” here. I mean, I made decisions about everyone’s pronouns and also made the decision not to write Michael in? I could have decided differently and of course my genderfluid Uriel thoughts didn’t make it to the screen, so....no explicit representation there.

Just like it’s probably pretty clear I was writing Aziraphale and Crowley as ace here, but didn’t say it.

The wonderful thing about fanfic is that I can do it differently next week if I want, though!

[laurajv]

oh also: do you have links to any of they both-are-Raphael ones? I saw at least one story with that in the tags (and didn’t read it) and an essay floating around (also didn’t read); I didn’t want to get those things mixed in with what I was trying to do. But I should’ve bookmarked them for later and I didn’t, and now I want to go back & read some and I’ve lost ‘em!

[mecurtin]

Here's one: Step lightly (and carry a celestial umbrella) by strawberriesandtophats. I *thought* there was another, but my brain may be failing me.

[laurajv]

No, there's definitely another, it had a long set of tags about them both being Raphael which is how I knew not to click on it! I'll see if I can dig it up somehow. Thank you for the link!

[laurajv]

I think I found the one I didn't click on the other day:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/19378921/chapters/46110859

Gem fusion AU. I haven't read it, no idea if it's good or not